I'm just back from a 2 1/2 week trip down to the gulf. This was the first time I'd been to the southeastern U.S., and it's beautiful! Downtown Mobile is filled with these big, antebellum buildings that have gourgeous wrought iron balconies. Lots of parks, tree-lined streets, and super-neat architecture, definitely worth checking out!
Coastal Mississippi is beautiful. (and hopefully, with all that's going on, it stays that way.) White sand beaches that seem to go on forever. I used to know a woman from Louisiana, she and her fiance had just bought a coastal lot in Mississippi. Now I understand why she was so excited about it! Here's a pic of Dave, we were checking out some brown pelicans on a barrier island out in the gulf.
Dave flew out before I did, and so we checked out New Orleans the night before his flight. Bourbon Street is completely over the top!
I took a few hours the next day to check out the french quarter - great food, beautiful buildings!
Definitely need to get back and see more of the city, and eat more beignets!
